Five competition entries Present and former PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE see films selected for Cannes

An impressive tally of five feature films in Competition for the Palme d’Or as well as the Cannes Film Festival’s opening film Standing Tall has been (co-) produced by former participants of EFP’ s networking platform PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE.
 
This year’s edition of PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE, which runs from May 15 – 18,  will see Mariusz Włodarski from Poland screening The Here After by Magnus von Horn in the Directors’ Fortnight, while Marek Urban from Slovak Republic has been invited as a producer with Out to L’Atelier. See more information about the 2015 line-up here.
 
Producers on the Move is annually rolled out in Cannes and has become a label for highly talented and ambitious producers who are just about to enter the international business arena. Financial backing for this initiative comes from the Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union. The participants are nominated by the respective EFP member organisations  who co-finance the event.

OPENING FILM - OUT OF COMPETITION

Standing Tall (La Tête Haute) by Emmanuelle Bercot
produced by Francois Kraus (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, France 2004)
featuring former EUROPEAN SHOOTING STAR Sarah Forestier (France 2005)

IN COMPETITION

Macbeth by Justin Kurzel
produced by Laura Hastings-Smith (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, United Kingdom 2008)

The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos
co-produced by Leontine Petit (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, The Netherlands  2006)

Son Of Saul (Saul Fia) by László Nemes
produced by Gábor Sipos (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, Hungary 2009)

Valley Of Love by Guillaume Nicloux
produced by Sylvie Pialat (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, France 2007)

Youth (La Giovienezza) by Paolo Sorrentino
produced by Nicola Giuliano (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE,  Italy 2005) and co-produced by Anne Walser (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE,  Switzerland 2010)

UN CERTAIN REGARD

The High Sun (Zvizdan) by Dalibor Matanic
produced by Ankica Jurić Tilić (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, Croatia 2009)

Lamb by Yared Zeleke
produced by Bettina Brokemper (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, Germany 2006)

The Treasure (Comoara) by Corneliu Porumboiu
produced by Sylvie Pialat (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, France 2007)

DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT

The Here After by Magnus von Horn
produced by Mariusz Włodarski (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, Poland 2015)

The Brand New Testament by Jaco Van Dormael
co-produced by David Grumbach (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, Luxembourg 2011)

Arabian Nights (Les Mille et une Nuits) by Miguel Gomes
co-produced by Janine Jackowski (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, Germany 2010), Elena Tatti (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE,  Switzerland 2007) and Elodie Brunner (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, Switzerland 2014)

In The Shadow Of Women by Philippe Garrel
co-produced by Joëlle Bertossa (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, Switzerland 2013)

SHORTS

Trials, Exorcisms (Provas, Exorcismos) by Susana Nobre
produced by João Matos (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, Portugal 2013)

SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE

The Wakhan Front (Ni le ciel ni la terre) by Clément Cogitore
produced by Joseph Rouschop (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, Belgium 2002)
(featuring Jérémie Renier Shooting Star Belgium 2002)

L’ATELIER / CINEFONDATION

Out by György Kristóf
produced by Marek Urban (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, Slovak Republic  2015)
co-produced by Andrea Taschler (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, Hungary 2013) and Jiří Konečný (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, Czech Republic  2008)

Hilal, Feza And The Other Planets by Kutlug Ataman
produced by Henning Kamm (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, Germany 2014)

L’ACID

(be)longing (Volta a terra) by João Pedro Plácido
co-produced by Joëlle Bertossa (PRODUCER ON THE MOVE, Switzerland 2013)